| dc.creator | Börk,Karrigan S | |
| dc.date | 2006-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T14:01:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T14:01:24Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442006000400008 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8810737 | |
| dc.description | The nightly activity patterns of Noctilio leporinus, a piscivorous neotropical bat, were documented by visual observation over one lunar cycle at a large dock in Golfito, Costa Rica. The activity patterns were compared to the intensity of the moonlight, and a strong correlation between darkness and activity was observed (n = 776, r² = 0.96). This correlation has been observed in many species of mammals and may indicate adaptation by potential prey species to avoid predation by visually oriented nighttime predators and/or an adaptation by predators to maximize hunting success. Rev. Biol. Trop. 54 (4): 1117-1123. Epub 2006 Dec. 15. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Universidad de Costa Rica | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista de Biología Tropical v.54 n.4 2006 | |
| dc.subject | Noctilio | |
| dc.subject | piscivore | |
| dc.subject | lunar phobia | |
| dc.subject | moonlight | |
| dc.subject | predation | |
| dc.subject | bat | |
| dc.subject | foraging | |
| dc.title | Lunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
